OrganicPad: An interactive freehand drawing application for drawing Lewis structures and the development of skills in organic chemistry

Chemistry Education Research and Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 296-301

  Cooper, Melanie M ^a   Grovea, Nathaniel P ^a   Pargas, Roy ^b   Bryfczynski, Sam P ^b   Gatlin, Todd ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Information technology; Lewis structures; Organic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950295095     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11094028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b920835f     Document Type: Article

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